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Role of Social Class in the Society
Social Class
The place and role of social class within the American society
Social class plays a significant role in shaping the American society to what it is today and influences the interaction of people in different social classes and the interaction inn terms of politics as well as influencing the economic trends of given regions.
Definition of social class in the American context -- the various definitions as fronted by different scholars and how they differ.
Significance of understanding social class -- the reasons behind ability to tell the different classes and their characteristics.
Definition of terms-understanding of various terms that will commonly appear in the research.
Background
The brief history of social class-how the issue of social class was perceived during and after the great depression to the current times.
b. The role social class has played in the shaping of American history -- the pertinent aspects of social class in the history of America.
c. The significant changes in social class perspectives over time in the American History -- the issue that have been changed in the American perspective of social class
III. Definition and Data
a. Social class and the socio-economic demographics- the distribution of the social classes in terms of numbers and the economic strength.
b. Politics and the social class influence-how different social classes participate in politics.
c. Social class and geographic demography- how the social classes are distributed in cities and the countryside.
d. Social class and poverty indices -- the numbers behind the economic status of different social classes and the margin between classes.
e. Comparative perspective on social class in America and other countries-how the economic standings in different countries compare to the American status.
IV. Discussion
a. Social class and contemporary perspectives -- the prevailing perspectives on different social classes and the implications.
b. The contemporary politics and the role of politics in shaping up the politics- examination of how the current political landscape adheres to different social classes.
c. Social class and the question of equality -- the divergence or otherwise of different social classes in accessing resources and justice.
d. Work place dynamics and the role of social class in shaping the workplace -- the equal employment legislations and how the social class is treated in the employment sector.
e. Social class and the crime trends.
1. The type of crime and social class-examining if there are some…
Sample Source(s) Used
References
"Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King, Jr., 573-589 in TCR
"What Work Is," poem by Philip Levine, http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182873
"The Gettysburg Address," Abraham Lincoln, 601-602 in TCR
"On the Relationship between Social Class and Prejudice"
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